The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-10-28
HIS FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.
Gov. Church Gives Much Interesting Informa-
tlon as to the Resources and Prog
ress of Dakota.
Railway Construction, Agricultural Develop
ment the Public chool System Among the
Topics Discussed.

WASHINGTON Special Telegram, Oct 2l-
The annual reporU of Lewis X. Church, gov
srnor of Dakota, was received at tn inte-
riof department to-day. 1t is 11G legal cap
pages in length and was tied with one and
one-half yards of blue ribbon. 1t is written
In typewriter on several different styles of
paper and is the best report of the resources
of any territory yet filed in the interior de-
partment He starts his report by saying:
The serritory has had another year of wonder
tul growth in population and wealth. The re-
ports from oil sections tell of decided increase
Of Immigration compared with the same date
Of last year, and that the rush of new comers has
kept we'll up to the average of previous seasons.
As matter of course, the localities along the
line of the railroads and the districts having
large areas of the public domain subject to en-
Try under the homestead and pre-emptton laws
are receiving the greatest number OF settlers :.
The report states that 2,067, PSI acres of
land were newly filed on, 1856 672 acres
were acquired by final proof and cash entry,
and 2,3S7 acres were purchased by land
scrip. There has been large immigration
during the year to the Deadwood, Devils
Lake and Bismarck districts, where the re-
port states much of the public lands remain
unsurveyed. The area of ansurveyed land
taken up but not filed ON during the
year is estimated to be about 900 ,OOG acres,
while the saiu of lands to settlers
by the Northern Pacific railway and by pri-
yate owners during the same period liz esti-
mated to be about 4OO,0 900 acres. The gov
ernor estimates that the grand total Of lands
newly flied on and purchased by Immigrants
for the year closely approximates the sum
OF 1867, ,2Sl acres, or 4, lGS miles square,
Fan area" continues the report, squite
four times greater than Rhode ISL
,Lr> <I.
ware, or nearly that contained within the
contained within the boundaries OF the State
OF Connecticut The vacant area now open
to settlement is stated TO contain 23,s11.-
445 acres distributed as follows: Aberdeen
district, S02. S73: Bismarck. II ,2sl 600;
Deadwood. 5 S7S 449: Devils Lake, ,4S2,-
29S; Fargo, IS ,96O; Grand Forks. 500 900;
Huron, $4,000; Mitchell, $500; Water
town. 112 625; Yankton, 5000
THE POPULATION OF DAKOTA
is given as 56S, Az, gain during tho year
of 6S.477. The governor states that the
large proportion of the foreign immigrants
are Canadians, and the vast numbers which
have crossed the international boundary line
shave fairly startled that country. ana the
matter of loss of population through e,nigra-
tion to Dakota hns become subj ject of in
quiry by the provincial government" The
governor says that real estate has np-
precated rapidly, aud that ii in
vestors hope to pick up any
bargains they must come early The
governor passes rapidly through Mr.. Ray
mond's report of assessment and valuation
in the territory and says:
predict that when Dakota is a state her
2 per cent bonds VIII sell more rapidly than The
a 1o per cent did. Nevertheless this in the first
time in the history OF tho United States that a
territorial bond has sold for less than
s,.,ds ner cent cent and and we have conclusive
than many OF the states and rich municipal
tiles Of the East. Even st. Paul with all her
resources and noneyed power sold her l2 per
cent bonds about the same time at 1900 per
cent less premium than territorial bonds.
The report treats of railroad improve
lnents ut length, giving the work done by
each company, and the following table OF
constructions:
Northern Pacific. Grand Forks to pembina, 95
Lameure t Edyerly, 21; St. Paul, Minneapolis
d Manitoba. MinoI west $50; Rugby Junction
Rutland to Ellendalc, so: Minnesota line tc
WATERFOWL. Al: Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha, Salem to Mitchell, 49,; Chi.
easo, Miiwaukee yankee. 4 ST 1.,, Paul, Bristol
Fanlkion to Gettysburg, ii: vorndon te n
Groton, IA: Fremont, Elkhorn &. Missouri Val
lev, Rapid City to Sturgis, 25: Minneapolis &
constructed roads in 1887, III miles.
The agricultural development of the ter.
ritory receives generous consideration, eact
particular crop beng discussed with inter.
esting data The following table is given: